Europe’s largest bookshop devastated by floods in southwest France

Le Village du Livre, a business that specialises in delivering old books, is grappling with the impact of climate change after floods in southwest France damaged their stock. Located in the town of Sablons near Bordeaux, the business says water levels rose to 80cm at its property.Manager Didier Rodriguez told reporters that while the shop’s eight employees attempted to move stock off lower shelves, more than 100,000 of their 8 million books were destroyed. The full damage is yet to be assessed.